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Current Research and Scholarly Interests
My research focuses on general aspects of theoretical physics: spontaneous breaking of spacetime symmetries, effective field theories, and applications in condensed matter and astrophysics/cosmology. Most recently, I have been preoccupied with the study of dissipative dynamics in astrophysical systems.

Current Research and Scholarly Interests
Crossovers (COs) at meiosis are necessary for a balanced first meiotic division. The number of crossovers, per cell and per chromosome, is tightly regulated, within a narrow range of variation. COs are initiated by double strand-breaks (DSBs) that are then processed either through the ZMM pathway or the MUS81 pathway. But DSBs greatly outnumbers COs in a large set of species. This suggests a conserved mechanism which would limit the number of COs formed despite an excess of CO intermediates.